This week I’m talking to Sita Sonty, who is Boston Consulting Group’s global lead for commercial space. She also previously worked at Raytheon, Sierra Nevada and SpaceX, besides being a U.S. diplomat for many years. She is one of the most interesting people I know and I am also happy to have her as an advisor at my venture firm E2MC. Enjoy our conversation!

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Timestamps

0:00 Intro

1:53 Sita's Background

8:07 From diplomacy to the private space sector

10:16 Contrasts between space companies

17:46 Sita's role at Spacex

23:29 Life after Spacex

25:29 Private sector clients & space

32:15 Favorite use cases for space

35:14 Rapid fire questions on the space economy

45:35 Financing space

48:42 Being a mom: Kids and Space

51:39 Parting thoughts